Seeding neuritic plaques from the distance: A possible role for brainstem neurons in the development of Alzheimer's disease pathology

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 250-253

  Muresan, Zoia ^a   Muresan, Virgil ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid peptide; Amyloid precursor protein; Alzheimer's disease; Autophagy; Brainstem neurons; CAD cells; Mitochondria; Neuritic plaques; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL LINE; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 40449085447     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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